Gas-producer.



w. B. HUGHES. GAS PRODUCER.

APPLICATION TILED FEB.28,1911.

1,022,678. Pat nted Apr. 9, 1912.

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W. B. HUGHES.

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WILLIAM B. HUGHES, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE WELLMAN-SEAVER- MORGAN COMPANY, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

GAS-PRODUCER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 9, 1912;

Application filed 'Febru'ery 23, 1911 Serial No; 610,193.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM B. Huonns, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of Cleveland, county of Cuyahoga, and State of Ohio, have invented certain Improvements in Gas-Producers, of which the following is a specification.

My improvements are designed to provide an efficient, compact and convenient gas producer having a revoluble body, in combination with a stationary base construction, with means for sealing the body, conveniently and efliciently removing the ashes therefrom, collecting the ashes thus removed, and delivering them to a car.

The characteristicfeatures of my invention are fully disclosed in the following description and the accompanying drawings in illustration thereof.

In the drawings, Figure l is a vertical sectional elevation taken through the base of a producer embodying aform of my im provements; Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken on the line 22 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view of a producer embodying a modified form of my improvements,

and Fig. 4 is a sectional View taken on the line 4:& of Fig. 3. I

The mechanism, asillustrated in the drawings, comprises the foundation Walls 1 having the way 2 between thenr adapted for the passage of a car 3.

As shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the wallssuport an ash holder consisting of the cylinder 4 having the plate flange 5 and brackets'G thereon through which it is cari ried by the walls, andthe horizontal bottom 7 having the hopper 8, closed by the valve 9 by which it is adapted to discharge into the way 2 and the car 3 therein.

The parts 4 and 6 carry an inwardly extending horizontal. ring or circular plate 10 having the concentric cylindrical webs 11, 12,v and 13 thereon, the web 11 carrying a circular track 14 and the Webs 12 and 13 forming a channel 15.

Theproducer body 16 is revolubly"s'up- I portedby the jou'rnal bearings 17 and-the wheels 18 movableon the track- 141, and has the. cylindrical apron 19- Which extends downwardly into the channel 15', the latter being adapted" to contain watercooperating With the apron to form a seal. A conical ash hopper 20 is fixed to the body, within the apron 19, and radial arms 21 fixed to ing in an eccentric outl this hopper carry the blast box '22 having the ash table 23 fixed thereto. and extending beneath the hopper. The table has ascra per 24: on the bottom thereof which, by the motion of revolution con'imunicated from the revoluble body through the intermediate parts described, moves ashes falling upon the bottom 7 into the hopper 8.- A circular plate or ring section 25 is held within the cylinder 4 in juxtaposition to the periphery of the ash table to obstruct the fall of ashes upon the, bottom, the plate terminating on either side of the hopper to permit ashes to be discharged over the edge of the table into the hopper.

A bar 26 is held by a bearing 27 (through which it is movable) between the hopper 2O and the table 23 to break up the ashes and throw them into the hopper S, the axis of the bearing 27 being disposed at an angle to the radius of the cylinder passing therethrough to give the'bar an acute angled inclination to the periphery of the table which moves in the direction of the arrow thereon, whereby ashes are thrown outwardly from the table with greater. facility.

The blower conduit 29 and nozzle 30 deliver blast through the bottom 7 to the blast box 22 into which the nozzle delivers.

In operation, the body is revolved and revolves the connected parts 19, 20, 21, 22 and 23. The stationary bar '26,. properly adjusted, breaks up and throws out the ashes from the space between the parts 20 and 23 into the hopper 8, whence they discharge into the car, the scraper 24 preventing any accumulation and clogging of ashes upon the bottom 7. I

As shown in Figs. 3 and 4, the foundation walls 1, having the way 2'betweenthem for the passage of the OMB, support an ash holder comprising the cylinder 4' havingthe flange 5 and brackets 6 thereon through which it is carried by the walls, and the inclined bottom 7 forming a hopper terminat- V t 8, controlled by a valve 9, throngh whi h ashes are adapted to be discharged into the Way 2 and car 3.

The parts 4' and 6 carry an inwardly extending horizontal ring 10 having Webs l1 and 12 extending upwardly'theref rom to form a channel 15, the web 11 having the circular track 14: thereon.

The producer body is revolubly supported on the track 14 by the bearings 17 and wheels 18, and has the apron 19" depending therefrom into the Water channel 17 to form a seal. A poker 16 is supported by the stationary top 16* of the producer.

A conical ash hopper 20' is fixed to the body and supports. through the radial arms 21 fixed thereto, the blast box 22. An ash table 23 is supported by the blast box below the ash hopper and has fixed thereto a scraper 24: adapted to sweep the ashes from the bottom 7 into the outlet 8'. Manholes 25, normally closed by covers '25, admit of ready access to the bottom for Washing down ashes therefrom.

A bar 26 is placed between the hopper 20 and table 23 at an acute angled inclination to the periphery of the latter so as to scrape ashes therefrom.

In. operation, the producer body and the parts supported thereby are revolved, ashes deposited on the table 23 are thrown into the outlet 8 by the bar 26', and ashes falling over the table onto the bottom 7 are scraped or washed down into the outlet by the means provided. I

Having described my invention, 1 claim: 1. In a gas producer, a revoluble body, a

1 table fixed to said body, and a scraper on the bottom of said table, in combination with a stationary ash receiver in which said scraper acts.

Q. In a gas producer, a revoluble body, a revoluble ash table beneath said body, a stationary ash receiver having a cylindrical wall inclosing said table and a discharge hopper, a circular plate held by said Wall adjacent to the periphery of said table, and means, providing a Way for the passage of a car beneath said hopper, whereby said plate is supported.

3.111 a gas producer, an ash razeiv'er having a peripheral part and a hopper tapering therefromto an eccentric out-let ILLIA B. HUGHES. Witnesses I H. A. PELoUen'r, HERBERT P. GLIDDEN.

in combination Witha \revoluble ash table in the presence of the subscribing, Witnesses.- 

